Monday, July 14, 2008

I love photography, and though my skills are seriously lacking, every once in a while, I get a shot or two that I really like. I was so entirely disappointed with the picture of the hummingbird that accompanied Friday's post, that I just had to try again.

The birds emptied the feeder between Saturday evening and Sunday. I mixed up a fresh batch of nectar yesterday after lunch. I took the feeder down and cleaned it completely, then I refilled it and hung it up again. As I turned to go back into the house there was already a visitor, and then the fighting began. Several little winged beauties were waiting in line, wrestling with one another mid-air to gain a better position in the lineup.

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I grabbed my tripod this time, set up on the deck, and focused on the feeder. I wasn't disappointed! My favorite picture, shows a feisty little hummingbird fighting with a bee. It's a little blurry for all of the action in the shot, but if you click on the picture to enlarge it I think it's really great.

To see more of the pictures that I got of the hummers, visit my photo blog, A Photo Journey.

12 comments:

Tracy, those pictures are wonderful---I clicked it to enlarge and I could see the bee--that is quite an amazing shot you got. My Grandmother gets bees on her feeder too---Ohh, I forgot to get a feeder again...LOL. Everytime I come here I remember...LOL.

I didn't see anything wrong with the first one, Tracy. Your photography skills are wonderful. It looks like the bees won out in the second one. :o)Still no hummingbirds here. I wonder where they are this year.